Communication of Migration in Media and Arts

The main function of traditional media is to provide timely information to the public, but today, traditional media cannot fulfill these expectations with regard to the fluid nature of global migration. New digital media technologies such social media have arisen to fill the void, narrating the lives of migrants in artistic terms that bear the traces of the major social issues of migration. In this critical anthology, contributors examine the intersection of migration, art, and media studies in order to critically analyse the impact of their confluence upon migrant and receiving communities.CONTENT: IntroductionVildan Mahmutoglu and John Moran GonzalezCHAPTER 1. Representation of Asylum seekers in Science Fiction films: Prawns in District 9Vildan MahmutogluCHAPTER 2. Border Imagery and Refugee Abjection in Contemporary Visual ArtBalca ArdaCHAPTER 3. Manifestations of Transfer in the Latest Post-Yugoslav Playwriting and Theatre: Migration, Cultural Mobility and TransculturalityGabriela AbrasowiczCHAPTER 4. Migrants, Identity, and Body Modification in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern MediaEric TrinkaCHAPTER 5. ‘The new diaspora’ and interactive media campaigns: The case of Romanians migrating to the UK after BrexitBianca Florentina CheregiCHAPTER 6. Social Media and ICT Use by refugees, Immigrants and NGOs: A Literature OverviewBilgen TurkayCHAPTER 7. Reproduction of Desire: Overuse of Social Media Among Syrian Refugees and Its Effects on The Future ImaginationBaris OEktem